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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the pilot from Yellowknife land?
(a) With an open door
(b) With no tail
(c) On one ski
(d) With a splash

2. What was jettisoned from the plane just before take-off?
(a) The canoe
(b) Petrol
(c) Moose Juice
(d) Ammunition

3. What gear is labeled "danger?"
(a) Smoke generators
(b) Shotguns
(c) Grain alcohol
(d) Grenades

4. What does Mowat observe the wolves doing?
(a) Fighting over some meat
(b) Marking their territory
(c) Playing tag with each other
(d) Hunting a single caribou

5. What did Ootek give to Mowat after dinner?
(a) Five thrush eggs
(b) A dead chicken
(c) Two chicken eggs
(d) A caribou steak

6. Who trips the mouse traps?
(a) Albert
(b) Angeline
(c) Farley Mowat
(d) George

7. Which direction does Mike go?
(a) East
(b) North
(c) West
(d) South

8. The Deputy Minister wants to be called by which title?
(a) Chief
(b) Mister
(c) Captain
(d) Sergeant

9. According to Ootek, when he was five, his father:
(a) Took him on a two-thousand mile dogsled trip
(b) Left him in a wolf den for twenty-four hours
(c) Left home forever, leaving him with his grandfather
(d) Made him survive in the wilderness for a week

10. What makes the cabin smell bad?
(a) Dog droppings
(b) Decaying caribou
(c) Mice
(d) Skunks

11. Mowat's directive was to transport by what means?
(a) Dog sled
(b) On foot
(c) Inflated raft
(d) Canoe

12. What is Mowat's first salary?
(a) $120 a month
(b) $150 a month
(c) $200 a month
(d) $100 a month

13. How many caribou does Mike claim to kill in a good year?
(a) 300
(b) 50
(c) 150
(d) 100

14. According to Ootek, the wolves eat what in addition to mice?
(a) Baby seals
(b) Unwary humans
(c) Ground squirrels
(d) Ptarmigans

15. Mike takes Mowat where?
(a) To his cabin
(b) To Churchill
(c) To his family
(d) To another valley

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind wolf has Mowat seen?

2. On his second safari, what does Mowat carry?

3. Mowat's field professor is an expert on which rodent?

4. Through his binoculars, Mowat sees a moving object that resembles what?

5. Another source of food for the wolves is:

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